2[usually plural]a person who is employed in a company or industry, especially someone who does physical work rather than organizing things or managing peopleConflict between employers and workers intensified and the number of strikes rose.talks between workers and management

3(usually after an adjective)a person who works in a particular waya hard/fast/quick/slow worker

4a female bee that helps do the work of the group of bees but does not reproducecomparedrone,queen bee